People who want to combine volunteering with discovering England and Wales are being offered a free holiday as part of YHA's Working Holiday programme. The youth hostelling charity, YHA (England and Wales), is offering up to five nights' free accommodation at 40 of its properties throughout England and Wales in exchange for volunteers' time to help them get Youth Hostels ship-shape for spring 2017.
Volunteers aged over 16 are needed from now until 23 March 2017 to assist in a wide variety of tasks, including painting, cleaning, researching and writing visitor guides, gardening and dry stone walling at both rural and city centre Youth Hostels.
As a thank you, YHA is offering volunteers free accommodation during their working holiday as well a generous contribution to travelling expenses. Working Holidays are available at Youth Hostels throughout the UK, including the Lake District, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Manchester, Liverpool, York and North Yorkshire.
Katie Smith, YHA (England and Wales) Volunteering Business Partner, said: “Because YHA is a charity, the time and help given to us by volunteers is essential to ensure the Youth Hostel network and YHA can continue to operate and make a difference to the lives of so many young people each year. We love hosting volunteers on Working Holidays. As well as seeing the Youth Hostel change we get to see them making new friends and developing their skills. It's always a fun week.”
YHA's Working Holiday programme offers a unique volunteering experience for individuals who want to contribute to the youth hostelling charity, make new friends, try something different, explore, learn a new skill or simply use for valuable work experience for a CV. Working Holidays with YHA (England and Wales) are also a fantastic opportunity for Duke of Edinburgh students to earn their gold award.
